We spent less time than we had planned in Charlottetown because we has a small setback. The hotel we had booked claimed to have lost our reservation despite the fact that the payment had already been taken (we were refunded, but we had to insist quite a lot!). Therefore, we had to devote most of our time to find another hotel. So after this little adventure, we found ourselves with only a few hours to discover this small capital city with charming wooden houses. We focused our visit on the small streets of the historic centre, with its colorful houses, which still managed to charmed us.

Too bad, but you did capture some lovely pictures in your short time. In some ways I find it reassuring that Canadians can also screw things up ‘à la française’! Hope you share your negative experience so that others can be forewarned!

Thanks Mel. Glad you enjoyed this series. Charlottetown is quite small so we probably didn’t miss too much but it would have been nice to have a bit more time. I must admit that it was the first time it has ever happened to me, especially when the room was pre-paid. I think the owner of this small hotel doesn’t have a go system to note reservations…

Nice shots. I have to get back to Charlottetown one of these days for a good doorscursion.
Unfortunately I’ve had the “we don’t have your reservation” thing happen to me twice: once in the Gaspé and once in Italy. If each case we could never tell if it was incompetence, dishonesty, or simply bad luck, but it sure makes for a stressful situation when you’re far from home.

Thanks Norm. Glad you enjoyed this short series. Charlottetown is a small quaint town but it would have been nice to spend a little more time.

Sorry to hear that you have had that happened to you twice; always very stressful. It was our first experience which is amazing as we have made thousands of reservations over the years. It was especially stressful as the room had been pre-paid and it took a lot of our energy to get our money back. We had to make a stop in Charlottetown 4 days later so we could wait to see the owner in person and not move from his hotel until he processed the refund while listening to his excuses that for me weren’t very good…I think he has a very faulty system to record his bookings. It is small operation but still it isn’t good if you do this too often to your clients…

Thanks Inger for your note. Glad you enjoyed this series. Charlottetown is the smallest capital of Canada with only 35,000 inhabitants. Its architecture is fairly typical of the province and a good portion of the East Coast. We only wished we had had a bit more time to explore it.

Thanks Inger. You are right that it is always a pain to be rushes though Charlottetown is quite small and we covered most of the ground it would have been nice to have a bit more time to take more pictures.

I visited Charlottetown only once a very long time ago. Quite frankly, I have no memories of it at all, so your photos were really nice to see. The 2nd photo of Dorcester Street with the dark sky in the background is stunning!

What a terrible experience! I do hope you reported the hotel to the tourism folks. They take situations like that VERY seriously. PEI relies on its tourism industry and bad operators are not welcome there. Nonetheless, the photos are lovely. Charlottetown has really spruced itself up! The streets you visited used to be the poorer sections of town.

Thanks Jacqui. Yes we did and they helped us find another room for the night. It was busy in Charlottetown as there was a cycling event that weekend. I think we could still see that some of the houses needed some attention but a number of them had been nicely renovated. It is a small but charming town.

I love the details in your photos. I looked back at my blog to see what I had written about Charlottetown – very little, other than that we didn’t have time to do it justice! I was there for Anbe of Green Gables. I do remember staying in a lovely B&B though.

Thanks Anabel. Charlottetown is a small town so it doesn’t take long to get around it but I would have liked to have a bit more time to take pictures. I have to admit that we didn’t go to PEI for Anne of the Green Gables so we didn’t even visit it…we spent most of our time on the various beaches…